Repolling under way at three Diamer-II stations for GB assembly seat
The Election Commission had earlier declared IPP's Imam Malik the returned candidate for GBA-16, where 2,780 voters are registered at the three stations.
Repolling is under way at three polling stations for the GBA-16 (Diamer-II) seat of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, with 2,780 registered voters eligible to cast ballots, Dawn reported.
The contest is between Attaullah Shah of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Imam Malik of the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party. Both contested the seat in the June election in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Polling continues until 5pm. Voters who are inside the polling stations at the closing time will be allowed to cast their ballots.
Malik ran in June as an independent candidate and joined the IPP afterwards. Dawn reported that the Election Commission had initially declared him the returned candidate. The fresh poll is being held at three stations of the constituency.
Dawn's report did not give the reason the commission ordered a repoll at those stations, and it carried no turnout figure for the day.
GBA-16 is one of the assembly constituencies in Diamer district, which lies on the Karakoram Highway south of Gilgit. The result of the seat turns on the ballots cast at the three stations voting on Saturday.
No result had been issued when Dawn filed its report. The commission's schedule put the close of voting at 5pm, with voters already inside the stations at that hour allowed to finish.
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